Educational Impact Evaluation of Professional Development of In-Service Teachers: The Case of the Dialogic Pedagogical Gatherings at Valencia “On Giants’ Shoulders”

Esther Roca-Campos, Ana Inés Renta-Davids, Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá and Ramón Flecha
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Esther Roca-Campos: Department of Comparative Education and Education History, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Ana Inés Renta-Davids: Pedagogy Department, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
Fernando Marhuenda-Fluixá: Department of Didactics and School Organisation, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Ramón Flecha: Department of Sociology, University of Barcelona, 08034 Barcelona, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 8, 1-17

Abstract: There is a broad consensus on the impact of teacher quality on students’ outcomes. However, the debate on how to evaluate the impact of teacher training on student improvement remains open. The evaluation of the impact of in-service teacher training, organized in a network for different schools, has been analyzed very little to date. Our research displays an innovative approach in this regard, through an In-Service Professional Development Program based upon scientific evidence and dialogic principles: The Pedagogical Gatherings “On Giant’s Shoulders”. We conducted a multilevel communicative study to analyze its impact upon students’ achievement and schools’ outcomes whose teachers taking part of the Gatherings. Our contribution provides an advancement in the analysis of educational impact in teacher training. We provide indicators to identify those training programs that improve educational outcomes, according to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number 4: quality education for all.

Keywords: evaluation of teacher education; social impact; evidence-based teacher education; dialogic teacher education; teacher training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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